In 1996, Inside Business christened the Business Hall of Fame of Cleveland as a way to celebrate the city’s 200th birthday. In that first year, 100 business leaders from the past and present were inducted into the Business Hall of Fame. The inaugural class included Lorenzo Carter, Cleveland’s first settler; Moses Cleaveland, who lent his name to the city; oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller; and industrialist Cyrus Eaton, among many other key contributors to Cleveland’s business history.
On its fifth anniversary in 2000, this celebration of business and civic excellence officially embraced regionalism and became The Northeast Ohio Business Hall of Fame. Each year since its inception, a blue ribbon committee made up of business and civic leaders in Northeast Ohio select a small class to induct into the Business Hall of Fame. These honorees have been the men and women who have helped to create Northeast Ohio’s industries and shaped the area’s economic landscape.
2010 Inductees
In 2010, the Northeast Ohio Business Hall of Fame will celebrate its 15th anniversary by inducting five of the greatest business and civic leaders that our area has ever known. This year’s inductees include:
Lonnie Coleman, President - Coleman Spohn Corporation
Umberto P. Fedeli, President & Chief Executive Officer - The Fedeli Group
Charles Ratner, President & Chief Executive Officer - Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
Thomas J. Strauss, President & Chief Executive Officer - Summa Health System
Jacqueline F. Woods, Retired President – AT&T Ohio
Event Details
To honor and celebrate the achievements of these inductees, a gala will be held on Thursday, November 4, 2010, at the InterContinental Hotel in Cleveland. The evening will begin with a cocktail reception at 5:30 p.m. followed by the dinner and induction ceremony from 6:30 – 9 p.m.
2010 Business Hall of Fame Dinner & Induction Ceremony
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Thursday, November 4, 2010
5:30 p.m. Cocktail Reception
6:30 p.m. Dinner & Induction Ceremony
InterContinental Hotel Cleveland
9801 Carnegie Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
$100 per ticket or $950 for a table of ten (10)
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To RSVP:
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Past Inductees
For a list of past Northeast Ohio Business Hall of Fame inductees, please click here.
To access an archive of the 2009 Business Hall of Fame article from the November 2009 issue of Inside Business, please click here.
Sponsors
The 2010 Northeast Ohio Business Hall of Fame is made possible through the support of the following sponsors: |